Rack for holding printing machine matrix magazines



Aug. 31, 1937.

H. FALK ET AL 2,091,940

RACK FOR HOLDING PRINTING MACHINE MATRIX MAGAZINES Filed April 19, 1957 Patented Aug. 31, 1937 z ngers RACK FOR. HOLDING PRINTING MACHINE MATRIX MAGAZINES Harry Falk, Silver Spring, Md., and George Ellis Smouse, Washington, D. 0.

Application April 19, 1937, Serial No. 137,830v

1 Claim.

(Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, asamended April 30, 1928; 3'70 0. G. 757) The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States for governmental purposes without the payment to us of any royalty thereon,

5 in accordance with the provision of the act of April 30, 1928 (ch. 460, 45 Stat. L. 467);

This invention relates to a rack for holding printing machine matrix magazines. These magazines are bodies or casings of prismoidal shape;

that is to say, their upper and lower ends are parallel, while the body as a whole is narrower at the bottom than at the top and the magazines contain various styles of matrices used in printing.

It is customary to store these magazines in large generally rectangular racks located in any available space in printing establishments. The racks are sometimes made up of pipe sections connected by various elbows, TS, and couplings so assembled as to form suitable uprights and series of shelves on which the magazines are supported in horizontal'position. Much space is taken up by these racks that had better be used for other purposes, as for instance, free and unobstructed passages between the numerous machines that are upon the floor.

Our invention contemplates the elimination or displacement of these objectionable racks by a simple rack that is so constructed, shaped and. 30 positioned relative to the Linotype machine that the operator will always have handy, by his own machine, the necessary magazines for his uses, and in so doing utilize a space above the floor and behind the machine, the rack being so constructed that its various arms may be swung collectively or individually, laterally into the space behind the machine to be entirely out of the way, and swung to position from said space to position for the easy and convenient removal 40 of the magazines and their replacement for use. One of the arms of the rack is provided with means for hanging or supporting two magazines so that when the operator has finished with a magazine and desires to replace it on the rack and take a new one therefrom, he utilizes the two-magazine arm upon which to temporarily hang the magazine that has just been removed from the Linotype machine, freeing his hands and enabling him to easily and conveniently remove a magazine from one of the other arms.

It has been found in practice that not only is the rack of great and practical utility on account of the previously recited and suggested advantages over racks in common use, but that an element thereof, due to the mode of attaching the rack support to the Linotype machine frame at one point, and resting it upon the floor that supports the machine, at another point, greatly stabilizes the machine, as a whole and reduces the vibration thereof in a marked degree, result- 5 ing in more satisfactory machine operation.

In the drawing illustrating the invention Figure 1 is a phantom view in side elevation of so much of a Linotype machine frame as is necessary to show the manner of attaching the 10 rack support to the machine, there being shown in side elevation the improved rack.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of assembled rack arms and a portion of the rod or standard upon which they are mounted and supported. 5

Figure 3 is a top edge view of the rack arms swung slightly apart from each other with magazines thereon in dotted lines.

Figure 4 is an end edge view of the rack arms showing in dotted lines three magazines in the 20 positions in which they are supported when in place in the rack.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the farthest rack arm.

Figure 6 isa rear View of a matrix magazine.

Referring to the drawing, l designates, in dotted lines, a part of the frame of a Linotype machine, there being shown in full lines the upper part 2 of one of the side pieces of the machine, enough to show the attachment thereto by bolts 3 of a metal strap whose outer end is rigidly connected to the upper end of a cylindrical stand ard 5, the strap being of a size and strength to insure a strong connection between the machine part 2 and the standard 5. The lower end of this standard is provided with a circular foot 5 that rests upon the floor adjacent the machine base. Midway of the height of the standard a collar 1 is placed, the collar being adjustable and securable in adjusted position by a set-screw 8, so that the rack arms may be adjusted vertically to suit the convenience of the operator.

The rack proper comprises preferably three arms (although obviously a greater number may be employed), an outer arm 9, an intermediate arm it], and an inner arm ii, the construction and arrangement of said arms being such that when assembled on the standard the upper edges of all of them are flush or in the same plane, while their bottom edges are stepped down from the arm 9, as shown in Figures 1 and 4.

The outer arm a at its wider end is provided with two laterally extending bosses l2 and l2 apertured for the passage of the standard 5. Similarly, the inner arm I l is provided with two laterally extending bosses I l and i i, also provided with holes for the passage of the standard; whereas the central or intermediate arm It, being radial to the standard, is provided with bosses l5 and 95', not offset as are the other bosses, through the holes in which the standard 5 extends. From the foregoing it will be seen that the Whole assemblage is pivotally supported on the standard and vertically adjustable thereon, such adjusted position being determined by the position of the collar i.

The arms 9, iii and H are each provided with two laterally extending integral lugs i6 near their upper edges, the lugs being located one at the outer end and the other at the inner end of each arm,all of the lugs being recessed as indicated at ll to receive the usual cross-arm of the magazine. However, the arm ii is provided with two similar additional lugs l8, like the lugs it, being provided with recesses it; or, in other words, the lugs on one side of the farthest rack are duplicated on the other side.

In Figure 6, A designates the Linotype magazine of common form, which, as intimated, is. provided, also as is usual, with a cross-arm B whose ends extend siightly beyond the side edges of the body and serve a useful function when the magazine is in the machine. The ends of the bar 13, as shown, rest in the recesses i? when the magazines are in the rack, and thus this bar is utilized in our arrangement as a. means for hanging or supporting the magazines on the rack arms in such a way that they can be readily lifted therefrom and replaced as the exigencies of the case may require or make desirable. The extra lugs on the arm l l, as int mated at the outset, are only intended to temporarily hold a magazine that has just been taken from the machine, while the operator takes one of the others for immediate use.

Referring to Figure 1, between. the points C and D, there is a very considerable space above the floor which is ordinarily utterly lost, but into which, according to our arrangement, the rack arms and their supported magazines can be swung to advantageously utilize such space. The dotted circles at the back of the machine are intended to represent end views of the machine motor. Both of these are at the far side of the machine and consequently in no way iii-- terfcre with the swinging of the rack arms with their supported magazines.

We claim:

A rack for printing machine matrix magazines, including a standard, a plurality of rack arms provided with upper and lower bosses through which the standard extends and by which said arms are pivotally supported for independent swinging movement on said standard, the upper boss or" one of the arms being substantially in line with the upper edge of its arm whereby the arm is supported in radial position relative to the standard, the upper bosses of the other arms being laterally offset, the offset upper boss of one or" said other arms being above the upper edge of the arm, and the upper boss of the other being below said upper edge, whereby said other arms may be assembled on the standard relative to the first mentioned arm so that the upper edges of all of the arms are in the same plane, and means carried by the arm for supporting a magazine.

HARRY FALK. GEORGE ELLIS SMOUSE. 

